There is no need for additional data collection by hospitals or surgeons. By building on existing state data infrastructure, SCW avoids the costly burden of primary medical record abstraction that disproportionately impacts and/or excludes small, rural hospitals.

Wisconsin Hospital Association

Pursuant to state statute, all Wisconsin hospital and surgery centers are required to submit inpatient and outpatient data to WHA quarterly. A partnership with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s Healthcare Utilization Project (HCUP) yielded a validated algorithm for identifying unique patients across facilities in 2013. This allows for an unbiased longitudinal assessment of patient healthcare utilization across Wisconsin facilities that does not require manual data entry.

Wisconsin Health Information Organization

WHIO data currently includes private/ commercial, Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS), Medicaid HMO, and Medicare Advantage claims information, covering 84% of the state population. WHIO was selected in 2015 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement to develop infrastructure to support public reporting on the state, regional, and national level to facilitate quality improvement.

Sample Reports

How to obtain your performance report

If your facility has signed a Hospital/Facility Participant Agreement, you are eligible to receive a confidential performance report. Please contact Jeanette May, Administrative Director, for more information.

If your facility has not yet signed an agreement, you can read more here about how to join the collaborative.